Kaski, Dec 1 : The number of people who lost their lives after being buried by a mound has reached five here.
The incident took place in course of road construction at Mauja Bisauna of Pokhara Metropolitan City-20 this morning.
The deceased have been identified as Toban Basnet, Jit Bahadur Basnet, Khimlal Oli and Ganesh Oli of Pedikhola, Baghchaur Municipality-4, the District Police Office, Kaski confirmed.
It is said the mound of earth above the construction site collapsed all of a sudden burying the workers who had been at work at the time. All the dead were workers for the construction project.
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